1) Nolan McLean
April: 6 G (6 GS), 35.1 IP, 20 H, 12 R, 10 ER (2.55 ERA), 10 BB, 45 K, .234 BABIP (MLB)
May: 6 G (6 GS), 31.0 IP, 30 H, 24 R, 21 ER (6.10 ERA), 14 BB, 32 K, .328 BABIP (MLB)
June: 5 G (5 GS), 29.0 IP, 21 H, 10 R, 9 ER (2.79 ERA), 12 BB, 36 K, .269 BABIP (MLB)
2026 Season: 17 G (17 GS), 95.1 IP, 71 H, 39 R, 51 ER (3.78 ERA), 36 BB, 113 K, .270 BABIP (MLB)
Grade: A (UP from B)
Nolan McLean turned in a couple of stinkers in May, but seems to have righted the ship for the most part. The right-hander might
have been punching above his weight a bit prior to settling in and the league having time to adjust to him, but if McLean continues pitching like this for the rest of the season, that is still a solidly above-average pitcher.
2) Carson Benge
April: 27 G, 93 AB, .186/.247/.279, 16 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 7 BB, 21 K, 6/6 SB, .222 BABIP (MLB)
May: 28 G, 108 AB, .306/.375/.426, 33 H, 7 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 9 BB, 23 K, 3/5 SB, .378 BABIP (MLB)
June: 24 G, 101 AB, .277/.330/.475, 28 H, 1 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 7 BB, 24 K, 2/2 SB, .319 BABIP (MLB)
2026 Season: 82 G, 307 AB, .257/.317/.391, 79 H, 10 2B, 2 3B, 9 HR, 23 BB, 73 K, 11/13 SB, .311 BABIP
Grade: A (UP from B+)
Carson Benge’s early struggles seem far, far behind in the rear-view mirror now; since May 1st, he is hitting .286/.348/.441, good for a 124 wRC+. That will definitely play. There are some areas of improvement that Benge will really need to address in the long run, such as his subpar batting spray or 6.9% walk rate, but it’s hard to find too much fault with what he’s done at the major league level so far.
3) Jonah Tong
April: 6 G (6 GS), 25.1 IP, 20 H, 19 R, 16 ER (5.68 ERA), 15 BB, 38 K, .288 BABIP (Triple-A)
May: 3 G (3 GS), 12.2 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 8 ER (5.68 ERA), 9 BB, 17 K, .185 BABIP (Triple-A) / 2 G (0 GS), 6.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, .150 BABIP (MLB)
June: 4 G (4 GS), 18.0 IP, 25 H, 17 R, 13 ER (6.50 ERA), 10 BB, 16 K, .386 BABIP (Triple-A) / 1 G (0 GS), 3.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER (10.80 ERA), 2 BB, 4 K, .333 BABIP (MLB)
2026 Season: 13 G (13 GS), 56.0 IP, 53 H, 46 R, 37 ER (5.95 ERA), 34 BB, 71 K, .309 BABIP (Triple-A) / 3 G (0 GS), 10.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 4 ER (3.60 ERA), 7 BB, 7 K, .219 BABIP (MLB)
Grade: D+ (DOWN from C+)
They messed with Jonah on the ‘81, he’s toast. I want inquiries made. I want no acts of condescendence. I want you to raise a meeting with the managers of the five stateside teams, this experiment stops now…I don’t want his mother to see him like this; Look how they massacred my boy!
The platypus defies virtually everything that we know about mammals. The average cumulus cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds. Bumblebees should not be able to fly based on their physiology. Sometimes things defy basic first glances, but work out. Jonah Tong didn’t neatly fit into a box the Mets consider “a starting pitcher”, but he made the sum of all of his parts work about as well as any pitcher can.
To radically attempt to change a player whose prior resume was largely high-level performance based on 20 or so so-so innings is, to me, a miscarriage of player development and the first real baffling move of the Stearns team. Roster moves, personnel decisions, at least with these things I can see some kind of coherent logic to them, whether or not I agree with them or not. This? Not so much. If this was another team and we were on the outside looking in, we’d be shaking our heads wondering what the hell the team is thinking. Imagine if Walt Alston told bonus baby Sandy Koufax to ditch the curveball because he couldn’t command it?; Imagine if Gene Michael was determined that Mariano Rivera should start and he spent years wallowing in the minors working on his slider and changeup? Imagine if Woody Woodward had Randy Johnson raise his arm slot in an effort to improve his control?
4) A.J. Ewing
April: 18 G, 63 AB, .349/.481/.571, 22 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 17 BB, 15 K, 12/13 SB, .426 BABIP (Double-A) / 3 G, 12 AB, .583/.615/.833, 7 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/1 SB, .583 BABIP (Triple-A)
May: 9 G, 34 AB, .235/.316/.294, 8 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 4 BB, 5 K, 4/4 SB, .276 BABIP (Triple-A) / 19 G, 63 AB, .238/.333/.317, 15 H, 0 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 9 BB, 24 K, 4/7 SB, .368 BABIP (MLB)
June: 25 G, 84 AB, .310/.379/.500, 26 H, 7 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 10 BB, 18 K, 4/6 SB, .359 BABIP (MLB)
2026 Season: 18 G, 63 AB, .349/.481/.571, 22 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 17 BB, 15 K, 12/13 SB, .426 BABIP (Double-A) / 12 G, 46 AB, .326/.392/.435, 15 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 5 BB, 5 K, 5/5 SB, .366 BABIP / 45 G, 149 AB, .275/.363/.416, 41 H, 7 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 20 BB, 42 K, 8/14 SB, .356 BABIP (MLB)
Grade: A (UP from B-)
Ewing didn’t struggle in his first taste of professional baseball at its highest level, but he didn’t really shine, either. With a handful of games under his belt and whatever presumable jitters he had out of his system, Ewing had a terrific June, posting a 147 wRC+ while playing a solid enough center field. I expect some regression, but what the 21-year-old is doing is still extremely impressive; even having a league average offense while playing a decent center field is huge.
5) Jacob Reimer
April: 20 G, 70 AB, .186/.329/.314, 13 H, 6 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 13 BB, 26 K, 3/4 SB, .279 BABIP (Double-A)
May: 22 G, 80 AB, .225/.340/.413, 18 H, 6 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 15 BB, 24 K, 7/8 SB, .278 BABIP (Double-A)
June: 8 G, 29 AB, .241/.313/.517, 7 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 7 K, 3/3 SB, .250 BABIP (Double-A)
2026 Season: 50 G, 179 AB, .212/.332/.391, 38 H, 14 2B, 0 3B, 6 HR, 31 BB, 57 K, 13/15 SB, .271 BABIP (Double-A)
Grade: C+ (HOLDING)
Jacob Reimer was placed on the 7-Day Injured List following a few weeks of play that saw him in the line-up one day and then on the bench the next. The cause of his IL stint is undisclosed, but something was up with the infielder who, despite claiming that everything was fine, was clearly off. Reimer played about the same amount of games last season in Double-A as he has so far this season, and the difference in results is night and day; despite his batted ball data and spray charts and other publicly available metrics being virtually identical, Reimer’s BABIP dropped about .070 points and his wRC+ fell from 150 to 99.
6) Ryan Clifford
April: 28 G, 98 AB, .224/.306/.429, 22 H, 5 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR, 12 BB, 44 K, 2/4 SB, .340 BABIP (Triple-A)
May: 27 G, 103 AB, .233/.308/.534, 24 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 8 HR, 12 BB, 34 K, 2/2 SB, .250 BABIP (Triple-A)
June: 22 G, 76 AB, .105/.218 /.158, 8 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 11 BB, 36 K, 2/2 SB, .179 BABIP (Triple-A)
2026 Season: 77 G, 271 AB, .195/.283/.394, 54 H, 35 BB, 114 K, 6/8 SB, .263 BABIP (Triple-A)
Grade: F (DOWN from C+)
I wish those were typos, but just to drive home the point, no, they are not: Ryan Clifford logged 8 hits in the month of June, two of which were for extra bases, and hit .105/.218/.158 in 22 games, striking out 36 times. All of that resulted in a 3 wRC+. Yes, that’s right, three. Clifford is such a mercurial batter that he’s liable to hit .295/.440/.660 next month with 15 homers, but regardless, this is not the kind of performance that you want to see from anybody, but especially from a player who is supposed to be a top prospect in the system.
7) Will Watson
April: 5 G (5 GS), 19.1 IP, 23 H, 17 R, 15 ER (6.98 ERA), 10 BB, 19 K, .344 BABIP (Double-A)
May: 1 G (1 GS), 0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER (54.00 ERA), 2 BB, 0 K, .500 BABIP (Double-A)
June: DNP
2026 Season: 6 G (6 GS), 20.0 IP, 26 H, 21 R, 19 ER (8.55 ERA), 12 BB, 19 K, .354 BABIP (Double-A)
Grade: D (HOLDING)
After posting a disappointing 6.89 ERA in 19.1 innings in April and allowing 4 runs over 0.2 innings in May, Watson was placed on the 7-day injured list and has not played since May 5th.
8) Jack Wenninger
April: 5 G (5 GS), 22.1 IP, 16 H, 5 R, 4 ER (1.61 ERA), 12 BB, 26 K, .273 BABIP (Triple-A)
May: 5 G (4 GS), 22.2 IP, 19 H, 13 R, 10 ER (3.97 ERA), 13 BB, 20 K, .262 BABIP (Triple-A)
June: 5 G (3 GS), 23.0 IP, 23 H, 17 R, 15 ER (5.87 ERA), 14 BB, 22 K, .262 BABIP (Triple-A)
2026 Season: 15 G (12 GS), 68.0 IP, 58 H, 35 R, 29 ER (3.84 ERA), 39 BB, 68 K, .266 BABIP (Triple-A)
Grade: C (DOWN from B)
Halfway through May, Jack Wenninger cratered after having a solid start to the season and he hasn’t recovered. The right-hander’s peripherals are trending in the wrong direction, and more alarming, he is allowing home runs left and right, including seven just in June. The right-hander appears to be telegraphing his pitches, with a large disparity in his changeup, slider, and fastball release points, and batters are sitting on his fastball and slider, neither of which are fooling International League batters much to this point.
9) Mitch Voit
April: 19 G, 76 AB, .224/.314/.382, 17 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 7 BB, 20 K, 10/11 SB, .264 BABIP (High-A)
May: 18 G, 67 AB, .224/.316/.403, 15 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 7 BB, 23 K, 4/6 SB, .279 BABIP (High-A)
June: 20 G, 77 AB, .299/.427/.442, 23 H, 5 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 13 BB, 11 K, 12/13 SB, .323 BABIP (High-A)
2026 Season: 58 G, 223 AB, .247/.355/.404, 55 H, 11 2B, 0 3B, 8 HR, 28 BB, 55 K, 26/30 SB, .288 BABIP (High-A)
Grade: B (UP from C)
The weather in Coney Island has warmed up! The babushka’s are out sunning themselves on the boardwalk, the amusement parks are open full-time, the orangeade machines at Nathan’s are sloshing all day and night, and Mitch Voit is finally hitting. The former Wolverine nearly hit .300, drew more walks than he struckout, and had a 92% stolen base success rate. It is important to note, while one good month is still only one good month, these 20 games represent 34% of his 2026 season and 25% of his entire professional career; the 21-year-old is still very much a wild card in terms of expectations.
10) Jonathan Santucci
April: 4 G (4 GS), 17.1 IP, 13 H, 12 R, 11 ER (5.71 ERA), 11 BB, 26 K, .364 BABIP (Double-A)
May: 6 G (6 GS), 28.2 IP, 25 H, 13 R, 11 ER (3.45 ERA), 11 BB, 32 K, .323 BABIP (Double-A)
June: 4 G (4 GS), 20.0 IP, 16 H, 8 R, 7 ER (3.15 ERA), 12 BB, 22 K, .294 BABIP (Double-A)
2026 Season: 14 G (14 GS), 66.0 IP, 54 H, 33 R, 29 ER (3.95 ERA), 34 BB, 80 K, .314 BABIP (Double-A)
Grade: B+ (HOLDING)
Santucci turned in his best month this season and has progressively improved since a lackluster start to the season. As was the case in May, the left-hander is still allowing more traffic on the basepaths than you’d want, but as one of the few Mets pitching prospects trending in a positive direction, I’ll try not to be overly critical here. That said, for Santucci to take some real steps forward, he is going to need to unlock a new gear, whether that be improving his overall command or improving his changeup and/or curveball to complement his fastball/slider combo.
11) Elian Peña
April: 22 G, 85 AB, .353/.467/.482, 30 H, 8 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 17 BB, 16 K, 9/10 SB, .420 BABIP (Single-A)
May: 23 G, 88 AB, .216/.343/.307, 19 H, 0 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 15 BB, 23 K, 6/10 SB, .283 BABIP (Single-A)
June: 19 G, 64 AB, .219/.407/.266, 14 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 18 BB, 18 K, 9/11 SB, .298 BABIP (Single-A)
2026 Season: 64 G, 237 AB, .266/.405/.359, 63 H, 11 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 50 BB, 57 K, 24/31 SB, .335 BABIP (Single-A)
Grade: B- (HOLDING)
Not much has changed with Peña’s performance as compared to his May, for good and bad. On the good side, he is still drawing a lot of walks and is not striking out excessively. On the bad side, his extra base power has really dried up and he may be getting himself in some bad habits by being so passive at the plate. Still, all things considered, it’s hard to be unhappy with the youngest player in the Florida State League posting a 115 wRC+.
12) Zach Thornton
April: 4 G (4 GS), 21.0 IP, 21 H, 10 R, 10 ER (4.29 ERA), 7 BB, 20 K, .333 BABIP (Double-A)
May: 1 G (1 GS), 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER (0.00 ERA), 2 BB, 7 K, .375 BABIP / 3 G (3 GS), 16.1 IP, 15 H, 9 R, 9 ER (4.96 ERA), 5 BB, 15 K, .256 BABIP (Triple-A) / 1 G (1 GS), 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER (8.31 ERA), 2 BB, 3 K, .231 BABIP (MLB)
June: 4 G (3 GS), 13.2 IP, 16 H, 10 R, 7 ER (4.61 ERA), 9 BB, 14 K, .333 BABIP (Triple-A) / 1 G (1 GS), 6.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER (1.50 ERA), 1 BB, 7 K, .333 BABIP (MLB)
2026 Season: 5 G (5 GS), 25.0 IP, 24 H, 10 R, 10 ER (3.60 ERA), 9 BB, 27 K, .338 BABIP (Double-A) / 7 G (6 GS), 30.0 IP, 31 H, 19 R, 16 ER (4.80 ERA), 14 BB, 29 K, .294 BABIP (Triple-A) / 2 G (2 GS), 10.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER (4.35 ERA), 3 BB, 10 K, .286 BABIP (MLB)
Grade: B- (UP from C+)
The left-hander wasn’t great in June, but he wasn’t bad either, and the bosses over at 41 Seaver Way decided that he was the best option to make a spot start against the Phillies on the 26th. His first spot start back on May 20 against the Nationals didn’t go too well, but Thornton looked great against the Philadelphia, settling down after a shaky first inning. The top half of their lineup did damage against the lefthander, while most of his strikeouts came against the bottom portion of their lineup, but if nothing else, it highlights that Thornton can be an effective major leaguer with his arsenal.
13) Nick Morabito
April: 26 G, 90 AB, .256/.376/.444, 23 H, 5 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 14 BB, 23 K, 7/9 SB, .297 BABIP (Triple-A)
May: 19 G, 75 AB, .240/.329./.293, 15 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 9 BB, 23 K, 8/8 SB, .346 BABIP (Triple-A) / 5 G, 11 AB, .000/.083/.000, 0 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 BB, 9 K, 0/1 SB, .000 BABIP (MLB)
June: 23 G, 87 AB, .287/.380/.460, 25 H, 4 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 11 BB, 25 K, 11/11 SB, .373 BABIP (Triple-A)
2026 Season: 69 G, 256 AB, .266/.368/.418
.248/.356/.376, 29 H, 7 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 23 BB, 46 K, 15/17 SB, .319 BABIP (Triple-A) / 5 G, 11 AB, .000/.083/.000, 0 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 BB, 9 K, 0/1 SB, .000 BABIP (MLB)
Grade: B (UP from C)
Maybe Morabito’s call-up and then optioning back down to Syracuse lit a fire in the 23-year-old, but whatever it was, the speedster had one of the best months of any minor league player in the system. However slightly, Nick Morabito is hitting more balls in the air and is hitting to his pull side more. However slightly, Nick Morabito is an above-average offensive player in Triple-A. Something something pulled fly balls.
14) R.J. Gordon
April: DNP
May: 4 G (4 GS), 9.2 IP, 17 H, 13 R, 9 ER (8.38 ERA), 5 BB, 10 K, .517 BABIP (Double-A)
June: 5 G (5 GS), 18.0 IP, 21 H, 17 R, 15 ER (7.50), 11 BB, 13 K, .317 BABIP (Double-A)
2026 Season: 9 G (9 GS), 27.2 IP, 38 H, 30 R, 24 ER (7.81 ERA), 16 BB, 23 K, .378 BABIP (Double-A)
Grade: F (DOWN from D)
Gordon missed most of April and pitched poorly in May, but it was easy to rationalize he was still getting acclimated to being back on the mound. Five starts in June later and Gordon is pitching even worse. Gordon was put on the IL initially due to a lat injury and he only missed a few weeks, so the injury likely was not too severe, but his performance leaves us with two trains of thought: either it is still proving to be an issue or the 13th rounder is hitting his wall in Double-A.
15) Chris Suero
April: 19 G, 63 AB, .159/.349/.397, 10 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 18 BB, 28 K, 3/5 SB, .188 BABIP (Double-A)
May: 22 G, 76 AB, .197/.354/.368, 15 H, 4 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 15 BB, 29 K, 12/12 SB, .286 BABIP (Double-A)
June: 21 G, 76 AB, .237/.363/.487, 18 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 12 BB, 27 K, 5/6 SB, .311 BABIP (Double-A)
2026 Season: 62 G, 270 AB, .200/.356/.419, 43 H, 10 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, 45 BB, 84 K, 20/23 SB, .262 BABIP (Double-A)
Grade: C+ (HOLDING)
Last month, I said, “If [Suero] could turn 5-10% of those ground balls he is hitting into line drives, his BABIP would increase, increasing his batting average, and his slugging percentage would likely get a nice little boost.” In June, he increased his line drive rate by about 5% and cut down on his groundball rate by about 5%; his BABIP on the month was a solid .311, he hit .327 as opposed to .159 in April and .197 in May, and posted his first slugging percentage over .400 this season. Keep elevating the ball, Chris!
16) Dylan Ross
April: 1 G, 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER (27.00 ERA), 2 BB, 1 K, .500 BABIP (Triple-A)
May: 11 G (0 GS), 10.2 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER (5.91 ERA), 11 BB, 14 K, .190 BABIP (Triple-A)
June: 8 G (0 GS), 7.2 IP, 14 H, 12 R, 12 ER (14.09 ERA), 9 BB, 14 K, .571 BABIP (Triple-A)
2026 Season: 20 G, (0 GS), 19.0 IP, 23 H, 21 R, 21 ER (9.95 ERA), 22 BB, 29 K, .391 BABIP (Triple-A)
Grade: D- (DOWN from D)
Ross missed most of April and did not look good in May, but it was easy to rationalize that he was still getting his sea legs under him. A month later and the right-hander has looked even worse. His splitter has been extremely effective and has a whiff rate around 50%, but batters are hitting .323/.488/.613 against his fastball and .368/.458/.684 against his slider, which combine for about 60% of the pitches he’s thrown this season.
17) Ryan Lambert
April: 10 G (0 GS), 8.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER (6.23 ERA), 9 BB, 12 K, .278 BABIP (Triple-A)
May: 7 G (0 GS), 7.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER (3.68 ERA), 4 BB, 13 K, .182 BABIP (Triple-A)
June: 3 G (9 GS), 2.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER (13.50 ERA), 2 BB, 3 K, .667 BABIP (Triple-A)
2026 Season: 20 G (0 GS), 18.0 IP, 15 H, 13 R, 12 ER (6.00 ERA), 15 BB, 28 K, .342 BABIP (Triple-A)
Grade: C+ (DOWN from B-)
Lambert was placed on the 7-Day Injured List at the beginning of the month and was activated at the end of the month, making one appearance before his IL stint and two more after. It’s hard to make any real judgement because the injury was disclosed and three appearances does not give us enough data to draw any kind of informed decisions, but we’re beginning July now, and Lambert really needs to start putting up or shutting up in order to maintain what prospect cache he has.
18) Antonio Jimenez
April: 20 G, 77 AB, .143/.193/.247, 11 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 4 BB, 22 K, 3/4 SB, .167 BABIP (High-A)
May: 6 G, 21 AB, .238/.407/.286, 5 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 5 BB, 5 K, 2/2 SB, .313 BABIP (Single-A) / 5 G, 20 AB, .050/.136/.050, 1 H, 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 BB, 8 K, 0/0 SB, .083 BABIP (High-A)
June: 19 G, 68 AB, .191/.349/.324, 8 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 13 BB, 26 K, 8/13 SB, .268 BABIP (Single-A)
2026 Season: 25 G, 89 AB, .202/.363/.315, 18 H, 4 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 18 BB, 31 K, 10/15 SB, .281 BABIP (Single-A) / 25 G, 97 AB, .124/.181/.206, 12 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 5 BB, 30 K, 3/4 SB, .152 BABIP (High-A)
Grade: D+ (UP from D-)
After posting some of the worst numbers in the system in April and May with the Brooklyn Cyclones, Jimenez was placed on the Developmental List in mid-May and then reassigned to the St. Lucie Mets. Jimenez’ performance with St. Lucie remains extremely underwhelming, but he is performing better and currently has a .677 OPS, as opposed to the .387 OPS he had with the Cyclones.
19) Edward Lantigua
April: 2 G, 8 AB, .125/.125/.250, 1 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 BB, 3 K, 0/0 SB, .200 BABIP (Single-A)
May: 7 G, 22 AB, .182/.300/.273, 4 H, 2 2B, O 3B, 0 HR, 2 BB, 7 K, 4/4 SB, .267 BABIP (Single-A)
June: DNP
2026 Season: 9 G, 30 AB, .167/.265/.267, 5 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 BB, 10 K, 4/4 SB, .250 BABIP (Single-A)
Grade: C- (HOLDING)
After beginning the 2026 season late, nursing a core injury, Lantigua was placed on the 7-day injured list on May 10 after hurting himself while sliding and then the 60-day injured list a week later.
20) Eli Serrano III
April: 21 G, 71 AB, .239/.371/.451, 17 H, 6 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 13 BB, 22 K, 0/0 SB, .320 BABIP (Double-A)
May: 23 G, 87 AB, .161/.250/.264, 14 H, 6 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 11 BB, 29 K, 4/5 SB, .224 BABIP (Double-A)
June: 10 G, 34 AB, .176/.293/.294, 6 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 5 BB, 9 K, 2/3 SB, .200 BABIP (Double-A)
2026 Season: 54 G, 192 AB, .193/.304/.339, 37 H, 13 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 29 BB, 60 K, 6/8 SB, .254 BABIP (Double-A)
Grade: D (HOLDING)
Serrano was placed on the 7-Day Injured List in mid-June.
21) Randy Guzman
April: 22 G, 77 AB, .234/.359/.468, 18 H, 4 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 11 BB, 24 K, 3/3 SB, .286 BABIP (Single-A)
May: 24 G, 89 AB, .270/.330/.461, 24 H, 5 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 7 BB, 30 K, 1/2 SB, .385 BABIP (Single-A)
June: 4 G, 10 AB, .200/.385/.200, 2 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 BB, 4 K, 0/0 SB, .333 BABIP (Single-A)
2026 Season: 51 G, 179 AB, .257/.357/.469, 46 H, 9 2B, 1 3B, 9 HR, 22 BB, 58 K, 4/5 SB, .325 BABIP (Single-A)
Grade: B (HOLDING)
Guzman was placed on the 7-Day Injured List after a handful of games at the beginning of the month, interrupting one of the few bright spots in the Mets minors this season to date.
22) Daiverson Gutierrez
April: 20 G, 70 AB, .171/.326/.257, 12 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 9 BB, 18 K, 1/1 SB, .216 BABIP (High-A)
May: 22 G, 75 AB, .120/.223/.187, 9 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 8 BB, 15 K, 1/2 SB, .136 BABIP (High-A)
June: 20 G, 74 AB, .270/.341/.459, 20 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 8 BB, 10 K, 0/0 SB, .281 BABIP (High-A)
2026 Season: 63 G, 223 AB, .188/.299/.300, 42 H, 11 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 25 BB, 43 K, 2/3 SB, .213 BABIP (High-A)
Grade: D+ (UP from F)
Gutierrez had a rough start to the season, but after cratering in May had a strong June rebound. The backstop was making much better contact and was not just putting the ball in play, but was putting the ball in play with more authority, logging more extra base hits in his 20 games in the month than in his 42 prior games.
23) Boston Baro
April: DNP
May: DNP
June: DNP
2026 Season: DNP
Grade: N/A
Baro was expected to return from right shoulder surgery sometime prior to the All-Star Break and began a rehab assignment with the FCL Mets in late May, appearing in two games and going 2-5 with a strikeout, but has not played since.
24) Marco Vargas
April: 17 G, 66 AB, .212/.333/.303, 14 H, 2 2B, 2 3B, 0 HR, 12 BB, 21 K, 9/9 SB, .311 BABIP (Double-A)
May: 9 G, 34 AB, .206/.325/.265, 7 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 6 BB, 11 K, 3/3 SB, .250 BABIP (Double-A)
June: DNP
2026 Season: 26 G, 100 AB, .210/.331/.290, 21 H, 4 2B, 2 3B, 0 HR, 18 BB, 32 K, 12/12 SB, .309 BABIP (Double-A)
Grade: C- (HOLDING)
Vargas was placed back on the 7-Day Injured List on June 1 after being reactivated at the end of May. The cause of this stint has not been revealed, but it is likely related to the shoulder injury sustained earlier this year.
25) Peter Kussow
April: DNP
May: DNP
June: DNP
2026 Season: DNP
Grade: N/A
Kussow underwent season-ending labrum surgery on his right shoulder prior to the start of the season.
